Steve Longerbeam wrote:> > > Dave Jones wrote:> >> On Fri, Mar 05, 2004 at 10:09:09AM -0800, Steve Longerbeam wrote:>> > >An intro to PRAMFS along with a technical specification>> > >is at the SourceForge project web page at>> > >http://pramfs.sourceforge.net/. A patch for 2.6.3 has>> > >been released at the SF project site. > > > A new patch for 2.6.4 >> is available, but it and the 2.6.3 patch>> > are each ~2900 lines, so I won't post here. But here's the intro:>>>> Without commenting on the code, the biggest thing holding back>> inclusion of this is likely the comment about there likely being>> patents held on parts of that code.>>>> Dave>>> > Dave, true MV has a patent pending, but it would only affect any future use> of the technology in a _non GPL_ operating system. Used in Linux or any> future GPL software, no patent licenses or royalties are involved at all.